27 January 2008

What's sort of interesting here is that in its appeal, ABC (the American Broadcasting Company, a commercial TV network owned by Disney) argued that the female buttocks are not sexual organs (when used properly). And I guess also that they're not excretory organs. The testimony and exhibits to support their position must have been fascinating -- like antiporn. Dozens of photographs of unappealing, unstimulating female buttocks. The FCC (Federal Communications Commission, which regulates over-air broadcasting -- but giggle not cable narrowcasting or satellite TV) countered by playing a video of the most recent Miss Colombia beauty pageant.

I agree with the Disney lawyers. I believe the female buttocks evolved to be Nature's Pillows for comfortably sitting on a bus.

Death to Puritans. Kill all the twisted, sick little fuckers. Publicly draw and quarter them.

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The New York Daily News (NYC USA tabloid)Sunday 27 January 2008

$PANKINGS OVER'NYPD BLUE' BUTTby Bill Sanderson

[image ... but they're both wearing all their clothes]'BUM' RAP: Charlotte Ross and Dennis Franz revealed their rears on "NYPD Blue" five years ago, and only now has the FCC imposed $1.4 million in fines to stations that aired the scene.

January 27, 2008 -- Five years after ABC showed the rear end of actress Charlotte Ross on "NYPD Blue," government TV censors finally got their own butts in gear by imposing $1.4 million in fines on the stations that aired the controversial episode of the popular show.

Fifty-one TV stations - mostly in small markets in the South, Midwest and West - face possible penalties of $27,500 apiece under the order issued Friday by the Federal Communications Commission.

The FCC didn't fine stations on the East and West coasts, where NYPD Blue aired at 10 p.m. All the stations fined, mostly in the Central and Mountain time zones, aired the show earlier in the evening.

The network will appeal. "ABC feels strongly that the FCC's finding is inconsistent with prior precedent from the commission, the indecency statute, and the First Amendment," a network spokeswoman said.

The ruling describes Ross' semi-nude scene in lascivious detail.

Her character, Detective Connie McDowell, "removes her robe, thereby revealing the side of one of her breasts and a full view of her back," the ruling said.

"The camera shot includes a full view of her buttocks and her upper legs as she leans across the sink to hang up her robe."

The FCC found the scene indecent "because it depicts sexual organs and excretory organs - specifically an adult woman's buttocks." And repeatedly showing Ross' butt was "titillating and shocking."

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Reuters (UK-based newswire founded 1851)Friday 25 January 2008

FCC fines ABC over 'NYPD Blue';network to appealLOS ANGELES (Reuters) -- The Federal Communications Commission on Friday said it plans to fine the Walt Disney Co's ABC network $1.4 million for airing an episode of "NYPD Blue" in 2003 that showed a woman's nude buttocks.

The company said it opposes the fine and plans to appeal.

In a notice filed on Friday, the agency said 52 television ABC stations in the Central and Mountain time zones had aired the scene at 9 p.m. in violation of federal restrictions against broadcasting "obscene material" between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m.

The agency said it received "numerous complaints" about the scene, in which a young boy walks in on a nude woman about to take a shower.

Stations in the Eastern and Pacific time zones were exempt because they broadcast the February 25, 2003, episode at 10 p.m. local time.

ABC said in a statement that it had broadcast the episode and others from the cop drama, which ran from 1993 to 2005, with appropriate parental warnings and with V-chip enabled program ratings when they were available.

The network added that the show had been on the air for nearly a decade when the episode in question aired "and the realistic nature of its storylines was well known to the viewing public."

(Reporting by Gina Keating; Editing by Gary Hill)

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"Baby Got Back"by Sir Mix-a-Lot

[Intro / 2 Caucasian women talking]

Oh, my, god. Becky, look at her butt.It is so big. *scoff* She looks like,one of those rap guys' girlfriends.But, y'know, who understands those rap guys? *scoff*They only talk to her, because,she looks like a total prostitute, 'kay?I mean, her butt, is just so big. *scoff*I can't believe it's just so round, it's like,out there, I mean - gross. Look!She's just so ... black!

[Sir Mix-a-Lot]

I like big butts and I can not lieYou other brothers can't denyThat when a girl walks in with an itty bitty waistAnd a round thing in your faceYou get sprung, wanna pull out your tough'Cause you notice that butt was stuffed

Deep in the jeans she's wearingI'm hooked and I can't stop staringOh baby, I wanna get wit'chaAnd take your picture

My homeboys tried to warn meBut with that butt you got makes me feel so hornyOoh, Rump-o'-smooth-skinYou say you wanna get in my Benz?Well, use me, use me'Cause you ain't that average groupy

I've seen them dancin'The hell with romancin'She's sweat, wet,Got it goin' like a turbo 'Vette [Chevrolet Corvette]

I'm tired of magazinesSayin' flat butts are the thingTake the average black man and ask him thatShe gotta pack much back

I like 'em round, and bigAnd when I'm throwin' a gigI just can't help myself, I'm actin' like an animal

Now here's my scandalI wanna get you homeAnd ugh, double-up, ugh, ughI ain't talkin' bout Playboy'Cause silicone parts are made for toysI want 'em real thick and juicySo find that juicy doubleMix-a-Lot's in troubleBeggin' for a piece of that bubble

So I'm lookin' at rock videosKnock-kneeded bimbos walkin' like hoesYou can have them bimbosI'll keep my women like Flo JoA word to the thick soul sistas, I wanna get with yaI won't cuss or hit yaBut I gotta be straight when I say I wanna *fuck*Til the break of dawnBaby got it goin' on

A lot of simps won't like this song'Cause them punks like to hit it and quit itAnd I'd rather stay and play'Cause I'm long, and I'm strongAnd I'm down to get the friction onSo, ladies! {Yeah!} Ladies! {Yeah!}If you wanna role in my Mercedes {Yeah!}Then turn around! Stick it out!Even white boys got to shoutBaby got back!

So your girlfriend rolls a Honda, playin' workout tapes by[Jane]FondaBut Fonda ain't got a motor in the back of her HondaMy anaconda don't want noneUnless you've got buns, hunYou can do side bends or sit-ups,But please don't lose that butt

Some brothers wanna play that "hard" roleAnd tell you that the butt ain't goldSo they toss it and leave itAnd I pull up quick to retrieve it

So Cosmo[Cosmopolitan fashion magazine]says you're fatWell I ain't down with that!'Cause your waist is small and your curves are kickin'And I'm thinkin' bout stickin'

To the beanpole dames in the magazines:You ain't it, Miss Thing!Give me a sista, I can't resist herRed beans and rice didn't miss her

Some knucklehead tried to dis'Cause his girls are on my listHe had game but he chose to hit 'emAnd I pull up quick to get wit 'em

So ladies, if the butt is round,And you want a triple X throw down,Dial 1-900-MIXALOTAnd kick them nasty thoughtsBaby got back!

Little in the middle but she got much backLittle in the middle but she got much backLittle in the middle but she got much backLittle in the middle but she got much back